Finance at Lamar University

Every finance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at Lamar University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and approximately 14,783 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 35 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from Lamar University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

Lamar University Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Lamar University Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at Lamar University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Lamar University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	284
Most Popular Finance Schools	312
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	488
Best Finance Schools	529
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	544
Most Focused Finance Schools	582

Finance Student Demographics at Lamar University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Lamar University.

Lamar University Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from Lamar University in 2018-2019, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Lamar University since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Lamar University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lamar University with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lamar University also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Loan Officers	19,950	$83,910
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.